weekly projects
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week 1
story, storyboards, orthographic drawings, sketches -
week 2
modeling intro -
week 3
complete modeling, parenting, grouping, combine
lighting
textures and surfacing intro -
week 4
rigging, IK, FK, joints, binding, IKSlineTool
begin rigging and surfacing all objects, Norman Modification -
week 5
bouncing ball
timeline, key frames, graph editor -
week 6
walk cycle pt 1-6, cycling animation,
animate objects along path, baking keys,
animating constraints (parenting) -
week 7
walk cycle pt 7-12
moving the walk redirection (turning) -
week 8
complete 1/4 of animation
seconds 1-15
animation layers
review: rigging, IK, FK, joints, binding, IKSlineTool
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week 9
complete 1/2 of animation
seconds 1-30 deformers -
week 10
complete 3/4 of animation
second 1-45
particles and effects
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week 11
complete animation
seconds 1-60
afterEffectsImportExport
creating emotion with face controls
render settings Maya
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week 12
refine animation
post production and sound effects. sound edit pro -
week 13
complete refinement of animation -
week 14
start credits project
fine tune animation and export at full resolution -
week 15
finish credits
burning Quicktimes on DVDs for next class, on Final DVD include all sketches, storyboard animation files and audio files. Render large scale promo poster image. final projects due on dvd data disc -
Final Exams for Classes Meeting Tu-Th at 9:30am Tuesday, May 22 8:00 AM - 11:00 PM
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